Milk-pail holder.



E. W. ROSE.

MILK PAIL HOLDER.

PPPPP OATION FILED MAR 12 1910.

976,498. I Patented Nov.22, 1910.

EARL WAYNE ROSE, OF CUBA, NEW YORK.

MILK-PAIL HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

Application filed March 12, 1910. Serial No. 548,854.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EARL WAYNE Rose, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cuba, in the county of Allegany and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Milk-Pail Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in milk pail holders and moreparticularly to attachments forapplication to ordinary milk pailswhereby the latter may be supported on the knees during the operation ofmill ing a cow.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and practicalattachment of this character which may be quickly and easily applied toor removed from ordinary milk pails, and by means of which the lattermay be effectively and securely supported.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of thenovel construc tion, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafterfully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings in which z- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a milk pail showingtwo of the attachments applied thereto, one being in its open positionabout to be applied, and the other being in its locked or fastenedposition; and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the attachmentsshowing itin locked, or closed position.

Referring more particularly to the drawings 1 denotes a milk pail havingaround its upper edge the usual outwardly projecting, annular bead orflange 2.

The improved holders or attachments are applied to opposite sides of thepail and each comprises a body member 3 having at one end an arm to restupon the knee, and at its other end one or more jaws to take over theedge of the pail and engage the inner face of the wall of the same. Eachof the devices also comprises a lever 4L pivotally mounted intermediateits ends on the body member and having at its inner end a jaw to opposethe jaw on the body member and engage the outer face of the Wall of thepail and the bead 2, the other end of the lever being adapted to belocked to retain the device in its closed or effective position.

In practice I preferably make the body member 3 from a single piece ofresilient wire of suitable weight but it will be understood that thesame ma 7 be otherwise constructed. -When made from a piece of wire, thelatter is bent upon itself at its center to provide a cross portion 5which unites two longitudinally curved and substantially parallelportions 6 which form the supporting arm adapted to rest on the knee ofthe user, said portion 6 being curved longitudinally to prevent thedevice from slipping off of the knee. The intermediate portions of thewire are bent to form oppositely arranged loops or eyes 7 which serve togive the body greater resiliency, and also has hinge eyes for the leveras presently explained. The end portions of the wire extend from theeyes or loops 7, as shown at 8, and are then bent to form substantiallyU-shaped hooks 9 which take over the edges of the pail and provideresilient aws 10 for the body momer. These jaws 10 are curvedlongitudinally so that they may be readily engaged with the pail andwill not scratch or wear the same. The lever 4 is also preferably butnot necessarily constructed from a single piece of resilient wire asshown. hen thus made, the wire has its central portion bent to provide aU-shaped jaw 11, the parallel arms of which are disposed vertically forengagement with the outer side of the wall of a pail, while theconnecting portion of which is disposed horizontally and given a slightlongitudinal curvature to engage the bottom of the rib or flange 2. Fromthe aw 11 the two portions of the wire extend in parallel relation asshown at 12, and lateral offsets 13 are formed in these portions or arms12 to pass through the coils or eyes 7 and serve as pivots for the lever41:. The two end portions 14: of the wire extend from the offsets 13 insubstantial parallel relation to provide spring arms, the extremities ofwhich are bent to form laterally and inwardly turned hooks 5 to besprung into engagement with the arm portions 6 of the body member tolock the lever in its effective or clamping position, as will beunderstood on reference to Fig. 1.

In using the invention the device is aaplied to the pail, as shown onthe left hand side of Fig. 1, that is, by hooking the jaws 10 over theupper edge of the pail when the lever is in its open position. The leveris then swung to its closed position, as shown on the right hand side ofFig. l, and the hook arms 14 of the lever are sprung downwardly andtheir extremities 15 are engaged with the arm portions 6. When the leveris thus arranged its jaw 11 will engage the outer side of the pail andthe rib or bead 2, while the jaws 10 of the body member bear against theinner face of the "wall, the resiliency of the wire or other materialfrom which the device is formed retaining the parts in firm engagementwith the pail so that the device will effectively support the latter.

It will be noted that the device may be applied at any point around theupper edge of the pail and to pails of difierent sizes.

The peculiar construction of the device enables it to be produced at asmall cost and allows it to be quickly and easily applied or removed;Furthermora'the construction is such that there are no parts extendingacross the top of the pail to obstruct the flow of milk.

Various changes in the form, proportion and arrangement of parts may bemade within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A device of the character set forth comprising a body member to reston the knee and having side portions and a jaw, the latter beingarranged at one of its ends and adapted to take over the edge of a pailand engage the inside of the same, a lever fulcrumed on said bodymember, and having a jaw opposed to the first named jaw and adapted toengage the outside of the pail, and resilient parts at the outer end ofsaid lever, and provided with laterally projecting hooks to engage theside portions of the body member.

2. A device of the character set forth comprising a body member to reston the knee and having at its inner end an upright hooked shaped aw totake over the edge of a pail and engage the inside of the same, a leverfulcrumed intermediate its ends on the intermediate portion of the bodymember, and formed at its inner end with an upstanding inverted u-shapedaw arranged within the jaw on said body member, and adapted to engagethe outside of the pail, and the head or rim on the edge of said pail,and means carried by the outer end of the lever to engage the bodymember and retain the lever in effective position.

3. A device of the character set forth comprising a body member formedfrom a single piece of resilient wire and having at one end an arm torest on the knee, at its other end spring jaws to take over the upperedge of a pail and at its intermediate portion coils forming pivot eyes,and a lever fulcrumed in said eyes and having at one end a jaw to engagethe outer side of the pail and at its other end a resilient hook portionto engage the arm of the body member.

4. A device of the character set forth comprising a body member havingat one end an arm to rest upon the knee, at its other end a jaw to takeover the upper edge of a milk pail and at its intermediate portionoppositely arranged pivot eyes, a lever formed from a single piece ofresilient wire and having its intermediate portion arranged in saideyes, one of its ends formed with a jaw to engage the outer side of thepail, and its other end formed with hook portions to engage the arm ofsaid body member.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

EARL WAYNE ROSE. Witnesses E. D. Pn'r'rrr, SHERMAN Claims.

